Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Nov 12 - 16


4th Grade Week 1511/12/201811/13/201811/14/201811/15/201811/16/2018
DiscipleshipInitiative
BibleI Kings 2:1-3, 3:5-28I Kings 12I Kings 18II Kings 17 & 24
MathHIG p 88, TB p 77 LT 9, WB Ex 44, Begin HIG p86-87 HIG 86-87, TB p 76-77 LT 4 -8, WB Ex 43HIG p 89, TB p 78-79 LT 1, WB Ex 45 & HIG p 90, TB p 80, WB Ex 46HIG p 91, TB p 81-82, WB Ex 47HIG p 92, TB p 83, WB Ex 48
SpellingStep 13: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6 on same paper started Thurs.Review Spelling Words, Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.Step 13 Spelling TestStep 14 : New teaching, Dictate 10 words Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 14 Practice".
GrammarWork on Thanksgiving programFinish working on your history project and practice your presentationHistory Project Presentations
WritingWrite RD paragraphs for history projectComplete FD of history projectHistory Project Presentations     Break!
ReadingDiscuss Franklin Roosevelt Ch 1-5Read Franklin Roosevelt Ch 6-7DiscussionRead Franklin Roosevelt Ch 8-9
LatinCh 8 Memory Page & GrammarReview Ch 8 Chant & Memory page, make Ch 8 verb flashcards
Thanksgiving Program
Review Ch 8 Chant & Complete flashcards, Review all previous flashcards
HistorySOTW: "The End of WW II"Complete your history project. Include a visual presentation (lapbook, storyboard, poster, or diarama, etc), and 3 paragraphs on WW II See Note belowTimeline Song
Focus especially on minutes 4-6
GeographyIntroduce Western Europe Western Europe - Due 1/31Western Europe
ScienceFriction Quiz & Friction Poem Due, Introduce GravityWatch "Gravity"Read handout sent home, try one of the activities & write a summary in your notebook.
Memory Work Friction Poem 11/12, Gravity Poem Due 11/26,  Quarter 2 Poem Due 11/28, History Timeline Song Min 4:00-6:20 Due 12/5
Please check Alma weekly for any missing work.
Coming Soon!
Wednesday, Nov 14 - Thanksgiving Program 1:30-3:00
Nov 19 - 23 Thanksgiving Break!


Discipleship:
Objective:  Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence.  
Start your homeschool day with prayer and Bible reading.  Our Character Virtue of the month is Initiative.
Initiative is doing what needs to be done without being asked. How can you show Initiative at home today?
Math:
Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the Math fact sheet of your choice.
Work through Mental Math 18 this week.
Objectives:
1. Estimate and measure angles greater than 180°.
2. Find unknown angles.
3. Identify perpendicular lines.
4. Construct perpendicular lines.
5. Recognize parallel lines
6. Draw parallel lines.
Please complete all the work assigned for home days, including workbook and practice exercises, as well as math
facts practice. Please grade all work by first indicating which answers are incorrect and then giving your student an opportunity
to correct his/her mistakes before offering assistance.
Spelling
Objectives:
1. Analyze nine ways to spell the sound of /e/.
Composition
Objectives:
1. Use notes take from facts to create an outline.
2. Use outline to write a factual report.
3. Create a bibliography of sources used.
Reading  
Objectives:
1. Spend 30-45 min of independent reading per day
2. Engage in meaningful discussion over assigned text
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Know and properly use punctuation rules including periods, commas, apostrophes, & quotation marks in writing.
Latin:
Objectives:
1. Introduce 2nd Declension Neuter Nouns
History
Objectives:
1. Complete research on aspects of WW II.
2. Share findings of WW II research with classmates.

At this point, you should have several facts on aspects of WW II. You will now use these facts to write about you've learned.
You may use notes and outlines taken class, or you may use your own.
Your sources need to be cited. (Refer to the Bibliography handout and practice you did in class).
Depending on how you choose to present your project, the written portion will look different. If you are making a lapbook or
board presentation, you will have several facts and short descriptive paragraphs about different aspects of the war. 
If you are creating a diorama, you will write three paragraphs about your topic, each with a topic sentence, interesting facts
about your topic, and a clincher sentence.
Strive to incorporate dress-ups (strong verbs, -ly, who/which clauses) to make your report even more interesting!
Cursive is encouraged, but not required.
Science
Objectives:
1. Know that everything has gravity.
2. Know that the force of gravity attracts objects to one another.
2. Know that the strength of the pull of gravity between two objects depends on their masses.


Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry:  Our second quarter poem is "Stopping By a Woods on a Snowy Evening". Additional copies here.
History Timeline: Find the Timeline Song here.
Geography: Western Europe song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will
be responsible for labeling each country on a map.
Science:
Friction helps us
Get a grip
This force slow us down
So that we don’t slip